To be a ‘Registered’ sperm donor you should:

• Be between 18 -35 years and willing to be registered as a donor with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), who is the UK’s independent regulator of fertility treatment and research.
• Be in good health with no known medical disorders.
• Not have a family history of heritable disorders.
• Willing to be screened for medical conditions.
• Continue to maintain a healthy lifestyle throughout the donation process.

You cannot donate if you have:

• Tested positive for HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
• Had treatments for clotting factors for Factor VIII or Factor IX
• Had transplants or grafts of organ, corneas, bone, etc.
• Had human growth hormone derived from the human pituitary gland or human pituitary-derived graft material

You also cannot donate if in the past 12 months you have:

• Had a blood transfusion
• Been smoking
• Had a sexual activity or blood/body fluid splash in your eyes, mouth, nose or broken skin with a person exposed to HIV
• Used non-prescription drugs

You will receive compensation of up to £750/- per course of donation, as per the limit set by the HFEA.

You have to undergo the stimulation and egg retrieval process every time you donate your eggs. Therefore, we recommend that the donation process should only be repeated after through assessment and advice from a fertility consultant. You can have 10 family live births as per the HFEA regulation in the UK.

Yes, you can remain anonymous to the recipient of your eggs; however, a donor egg conceived child can access your identifying information from the HFEA once he/she reaches the age of 18 years.

You will not be financially or emotionally responsible for upbringing any child born from your donations. The regulatory amendment of 1st April 2005, has removed donor anonymity such that anyone conceived using donated eggs in the UK can access identifying information about their donor from the HFEA when they reach the age of 18.

Please inform Orian Gametes if:

• You start on any medication
• If you contract a cold, flu or any other sickness
• If you and/or your sexual partner(s) contract HIV, hepatitis, syphilis, herpes, gonorrhoea, chlamydia or any infectious disease
• If you, your children or anyone in your family is diagnosed with a congenital or hereditary disease

Research has shown that the AMH level does not drop with repeated stimulation, suggesting that it does not bring on early menopause, or interfere with future baby plans.

Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) test measures the amount of AMH in the blood. In females the ovaries make AMH. Measuring AMH testing can:

• Check how many eggs are remaining in your ovaries.
• Predict how well you may respond to fertility medicine.
• Find out if you are getting close to menopause.
• Help diagnose and monitor problems with the ovaries that cause high AMH levels.

Egg donation is a well monitored process and does not pose any long-term risk, however;

• Some donors may have some minor side effects with stimulation medicines like headaches, bloating, nausea, mood swings and/or temporary stinging at the injection site.
• It is possible that some donors may get an allergic reaction to the medications given for stimulating ovaries; if this occurs, then the potential donor will not be eligible to donate her eggs.
• Stimulation medications may also lead to Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) in some donors; however, studies have shown this risk to be between 0.5%-3% of all IVF cycles. Donors are therefore monitored closely by the consultants/fertility nurse to reduce this risk. Medication for donors showing any signs of OHSS will be reduced or stopped completely by the consultant.
• The probability of getting unpleasant information regarding your own fertility or about your genetic carrier status, may impact your normal lifestyle.

If women having female-to-female sexual contact have passed our initial registration criteria, screening & ultrasound checks, are in good health and have no genetic disorders themselves or heritable conditions in their family, then they are eligible to donate their eggs. They should also ensure that they avoid putting themselves as risk of any sexually transmittable infections once they become ‘Registered’ egg donors.

There is no need to remove the copper coil (IUD) for egg donation. If you are using the pill or patch, the fertility consultant / nurse will instruct you as to when you should stop using them; but, if you have a contraceptive implant, then this will have to be removed before you start the egg donation process. You can resume with your contraceptive methods after your eggs are retrieved at the end of the donation cycle.